In the jungle

Three million Lao Kip is about enough to buy you coffee for a couple of weeks.

1974 would be single overhead cam.

Triggered. ie Most participants in this thread

Strong Leadership ......generally used by weak men who get aroused by the mere thought of Vladimir Putin

Electoral fraud ie We lost because we suck

Televangelist ie Charlatan and fraudster

Trickle down economics ie Huge tax cuts for the rich paid for by the poor

Free Speech As in licence to promote hatred, bigotry and poison.

I wouldn't buy another CTEK. They are not cheap and both the ones I had failed. The same problem with each one; the on/off/mode switch stopped working. I use cheap ones that I bought in the UK from B&Q. They work fine. About 1200 Baht each at current exchange rates.

If decisions are made within three minutes why are there fees for "express service" and "super urgent service"?

So would you pass on a ride on a TZ250 or an NSR500? Yes I know you have a bigger capacity bike.

And why so aggressive? You came here asking for opinions. You got one. Why the unjustified and clearly ignorant hate?

OK. Got that loud and clear. Slipper clutch = cush drive; to you at least. Not to anyone else but clearly you think you know best. Slipper clutch cannot be retro-fitted? Try a better dealer.

1. ABS: It adds complexity and a little weight and on the CRF it is probably a fairly unsophisticated system. I certainly would not pay a premium to get it. In fact I would probably remove it on a dirt bike. 2. Slipper clutch: Desirable in my opinion. It isn't really comparable to a cush drive. Suggest you Google how it works rather than me attempt a half baked explanation. Almost certainly could be retro-fitted to your current bike if you want it. 3. A little more power is nice within reason; or alternatively improve other aspects of performance such as weight, suspension, brakes, tyres, comfort etc. 4. Warranty: It's a Honda. Not worth paying the price to swap bikes for this.

My local village bike shop, that fits all tubed tyres for me, doesn't have a pressure gauge. Generally when I check the pressure after they have fitted the tyres they will be 60+ psi.

A lot of the difference is just the difference between new and old. Although I too fit a decent brand as replacements on small bikes. Currently favouring Michelin.

I ride the NC30 probably a couple of times a year. Draining the carbs would be a good idea but to do that I would need to remove a whole bunch of bodywork and it is all genuine 30 year old plastics by Honda. Brittle as hell. Carbs can be serviced by pulling the tank off but that can be done without removing most of the plastics.

I don't know why but the average village bike shop freaks out when they see a car style tyre valve and they don't want to touch it.

I can service carbs too but on the NC30 it is a days work. That is a pain. If I used the bike more it would probably be much less of a problem.

Agreed. I think about the only areas where the NC30 falls down by modern standards are brakes and the fact that in my view ECU plus injection is better than carbs. I have never ridden a blade but I would love to. Especially fond of the first gen because to my eyes that is how a sports bike should look. And super light by comparison with its contemporary competitors.

I have an NC30 and when I need new radials I put the wheels in the back of the truck and get the tyres supplied and fitted in Bangkok. I can't remember the name of the area but not far from Hualumpong. My point about balancing tyres is that if a dealer sells you a bike new with balanced tyres they should be capable of doing the same process when it needs replacement tyres.

I know how to balance motorcycle wheels myself I am just surprised that a big Honda dealer does not have specific equipment to do this. I was actually thinking of bikes such as the CBR250RR when I made my comment about balancing wheels. That is billed as a high performance bike and costs something like a quarter of a million. There is one sitting in the big Honda dealer near me but they do not have the ability to fit tyres and balance them in the same way as the factory. As an aside billing the current 250RR as a high performance bike is to my mind a bit suspect when you compare it to what Honda was producing back in the 1990s.

A powered tyre changer is exactly what they use for tubeless tyres in the big Honda dealer near me. But they do not have a tyre balancing machine which I find odd as some of the Hondas sitting in their showroom come with wheels balanced from the factory.

Does the Forza use tubeless tyres? Many Thai bike shops do not have the equipment necessary to fit tubeless tyres. My local Honda dealership cannot fit tubeless tyres but the one in the provincial capital 25km away can fit them.

I have heard it called many things but that is a new one to me.